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Women’s political empowerment and economic growth
World Development, 2022 We investigate whether and how women’s political empowerment relates to technological change, the main driver of long-term economic growth. We argue that three aspects of empowerment – descriptive representation, civil liberties protection, and civil society participation – advance technological change and thereby economic growth through (a) increasing
Dahlum, Sirianne +2 more
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Women's Political Empowerment: A New Global Index, 1900-2012. [PDF]
World Dev, 2017 The political empowerment of women is a societal process crucial to development and progress. The V-Dem women’s political empowerment index (WPEI) provides information about women’s civil liberties, civil society participation, and political ...
Sundström A +3 more
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Economies, 2020 Women may be considered to have hidden, unutilized potential for the economy and society, if not utilized at their full capacity, i.e., with effective educational, social and political policies.
Maleeha Mohammed Zaaf Al-Qahtani +4 more
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Political empowerment of women and financial inclusion: Is there a link?
Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2022 Employing survey data, the study investigates the impact of women political empowerment in India on their financial inclusion. The findings show that such political empowerment improves account activity by nearly 7%. In addition, increased convenience in
Saibal Ghosh
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Global Public Health, 2023 Empowering women is presented as a key strategy to achieve several goals of the sustainable development (SDG) agenda, including child health. However, the literature on the subject shows mixed results and is limited regarding political empowerment ...
Elodie Besnier
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Internet and political empowerment: Towards a taxonomy for online political empowerment
Information Development, 2017 In the age of the information revolution, the Internet can be used to involve citizens in political processes and leads to the emergence of the new version of political empowerment. This article analyses the possible effects of the Internet on the political empowerment of citizens.
Pirannejad, A. (author) +1 more
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Managing Emotions During Social Protests and the Political Subjectivity of the Protesters [PDF]
Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2022 The paper’s aim is to check whether there is a relationship between the effectiveness of emotion management techniques and the protesters’ subjectivity level in Poland.
Roman Bäcker
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EMPOWERING WOMEN: SMALL-SCALE FISH BUSINESS IN MWANZA, TANZANIA [PDF]
Business Excellence and Management, 2023 This study investigates the impact of small-scale fish business (SSFB) on women's empowerment in Mwanza Region, Tanzania, utilizing a cross-sectional research design.
Advera M. Gibe ROCHE +2 more
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Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2021 The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India was introduced with a stated legislative intent of reserving not less than a third of seats for women in institutions of local self-government, the three-tier panchayati raj institutions.
Preety Choudhari +4 more
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Age of Human Rights Journal, 2022 The birth of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa otherwise known as Maputo Protocol was meant to overcome the shortcomings of the African Charter on Human Rights.
Onyekachi Eni +2 more
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